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  • 91menace — 1. noun a) a perceived threat or danger b) the act of threatening 2. verb a) to make threats (against someone); to intimidate …

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  • 92menace — Synonyms and related words: abuse, afflict, aggrieve, alarm, apprehend, approach, await, be imminent, be in store, befoul, bewitch, blight, bludgeon, bode, breakers ahead, brew, bulldoze, bulldozing, bully, cardhouse, cause for alarm, come on,… …

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  • 93menace — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. threat, danger, hazard, peril. v. t. threaten, intimidate, bully; impend, loom. See warning. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A threat] Syn. caution, intimidation, foretelling; see warning . 2. [An imminent… …

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  • 94menace — [13] Latin mināx meant ‘threatening’ (it was formed from a base *min ‘jut’ which also produced English eminent and prominent, and hence etymologically denoted ‘overhanging’). From it was derived the noun minācia ‘threatening things’, which passed …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 95menace — men·ace || menɪs n. threat; danger; bother v. threaten, endanger …

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  • 96menace — noun a threat or danger. ↘a threatening quality. verb be a threat or danger to. Derivatives menacer noun menacing adjective menacingly adverb Origin ME: via OFr. from late L. minacia, from L. minax, minac threatening , from minae threats …

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  • 97menace — I. v. a. 1. Threaten. 2. Threaten, intimidate, alarm. II. n. Threat, threatening …

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  • 98menace — n 1. danger, peril, risk, hazard; deathtrap, quicksand, sleeping volcano, time bomb, bomb; specter, terror, dread, fright, apprehension, sword of Damocles, impending danger or doom. 2. intimidation, threat, warning, commination; Cassandra, bird… …

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  • 99menace — men·ace …

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  • 100menace — men•ace [[t]ˈmɛn ɪs[/t]] n. v. aced, ac•ing 1) something that threatens to cause evil, harm, etc.; threat 2) cvb a person whose actions or ideas are considered dangerous or harmful 3) an extremely annoying person 4) threaten 5) to serve as a… …

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